MSC vs. MLCO, BH.A, PK, SG, ARCO, CNNE, XHR, HDL, SHCO, and PLAY
Should you be buying Studio City Ih stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Studio City Ih include Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Biglari (BH.A), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Sweetgreen (SG), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Cannae (CNNE), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Super Hi International (HDL), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), and Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Studio City Ih vs. Its Competitors
Studio City Ih (NYSE:MSC) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a net margin of 1.15% compared to Studio City Ih's net margin of -10.13%. Studio City Ih's return on equity of -10.36% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus price target of $8.15, indicating a potential downside of 6.54%. Given Melco Resorts & Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Studio City Ih.
39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 54.9% of Studio City Ih shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Studio City Ih has a beta of -0.08, meaning that its share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Studio City Ih. Studio City Ih is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melco Resorts & Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Melco Resorts & Entertainment had 8 more articles in the media than Studio City Ih. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment and 6 mentions for Studio City Ih. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Studio City Ih's score of 0.32 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Melco Resorts & Entertainment beats Studio City Ih on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MSC) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
